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United States Patent | 5,645,306 |
Kosteniuk | July 8, 1997 |
A bag handle is integrally molded from plastics material. It has a hand grip joined at the front end to a seat spaced below the hand grip. The seat has an upper arm joined to the front end of the hand grip, a circularly curved bight and a lower arm that projects to the front from the bight and curves upwardly as a hook to form a flared throat at the front of the handle. A retainer within the seat projects upwardly from the lower arm towards the upper in order to retain the handles of grocery bags and the like in the seat. The bight of the seat is located directly below the center of the hand grip to provide good balance.
Inventors: | Kosteniuk; Steve (1813 Munroe Ave., Saskatoon, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 649017 |
Filed: | May 16, 1996 |
Current U.S. Class: | 294/137; 294/158; D9/434 |
Intern'l Class: | B65D 033/06 |
Field of Search: | 294/137,158,170,171 383/6,13,15,25 D9/434,455 |
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